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Experimental Farm Nears i Golden Anniversary 1959

The Experimental Farm. Char- |ollelJwll. was established in ISO ",4 [or to years has been an unpvrlﬂll factor in helping solve production problems of the Can adian farm. While problems deal- mg with Prince Edward island 3gl‘I(.‘UIT.|ﬂ'e are of first interest. . number of projects of a coun- uy wide nature are dealt with. ma many results from our re- search studies have been wid sly applied.

in 1959 the farm will celebrate .15 "Golden Anniversary" and al- ready a number of special events are being tentatively arranged. _

The following reivew prepared by members of the staff is in- It‘ll(l(‘d to give some idea of the work which has been carried on ill the past year. A much tr r picture can be obtained by visit- mg the farm during the growing season and seeing It first hand the work under study. Visitors sic always welcome.

S’l‘.u-‘F NOTES Graham Boswell. Research Of-

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Imp.) Classified “Very Good llis maternal sister. Clover Crest Roberta. holds the highest butter

lit-er. Field Husbandry. and Lane Douglas. Poultryman. resigned during the year. Cyrus Pickani. Foreman. retired after 21 years s(‘l‘\'I(‘c. A successor to Mr. Bos- well has not as yet been named. (It)l>d0l‘l Mutlow replaced Mr. Douglas and Mr. Thomas Hunter was named Foreman succeeding .\ir. Pickard. Mr. Ross Pigot was appointed to the position of sten- ourapher and the following were t‘I.issiIl¢d: —— Dou las Macleod. Maintenance Craftsman: J oh n Sicarns. Plotman icerealsl; Le- nord Arsenault. Plotman. (Illus- tration Stations); Ralph MacDon- ald. Plotman. iUpton Farm); and Ray Peters. Gardener.

Members of the staff attended various scientific meetings such as The Agriculture Institute of Canada. The National Weed Com- mittee meeting. Eastern Canada Society of Animal Production. National Potato Conference. Fir- estry meetings. etc.

At most of these meetings pap- ers and reports were given by members of the staff and valu- able information was gained from the various papers presented.

Attendance at meetings of this nature are extremely ' in order to keep abreast of the rapid advances in agriculture.

As in former years. the Ex- perimental Farm at Charlotte- town was visited by manyAg- riculture Research Officers from

Among the more prominent in- dividuals the following were in- c :—Dr. Brittain. Curator. Mat-Donald College. Arboretum; Di‘. Waldo Walsh. Halifax: Dr. I-‘abbcll. German Consul: Colon-

. Depart- eology, Wesleyan Unit, Dcleware: Dr. Hamilton. Mac- Donald College; Raymond A. West. Assistant Agriculture At. tache. U.S. Embassy. Ottawa; Dr. Thompson. University

and Directors. it al utmos- ilon Society P.E.l; Rotary club of Char . Potato Producers of .I..

feet by 52 feet. which will be used for iavastigational work in

Ineit;-ed. A refrigerated fruit stor- lle -was constructed the pre- aent apple house which will pro- vide apple storagp for the apple crop and will permit a proper app alsal of the various varieties of apples when held under suit- able conditions.

In the Animal Husbandr; div- lsion a new silo was constructed which will provide facilities for carrying on a long term experi- ment comparing an all succulent feed with a combination of hay and silage for dairy cattle. At

pton Farm a bunker type silo located inside the pole barn was enlarged to provide extra sil age for a larger herd. An ex tension to the poultry adminis- tration building is presently un-

der way. This will provide facil- seaso

ities for incubators and refriger-

United States as a junior 4-year- old in the 305day division on twice-a-day milking with 966 lbs.

ated cooling for eggs and poultry. ‘I'll: SEASON

Senmnal conditions were such as to give below average yields of bay and pasture. but better than average crops of grain. potatoes

t crops.

The year began with much be- low average temperatures. The mean temperature. 12 degree for the month. gave the coldest Jan- uary slnc 1925. Below zero tem- peratures w re recorded 0

16 re- spectively. The temperatures for February and March were sligh- tly above nominal.

Average temperatures were re- corded during the spring. sum- mer and fall months. There were no succession of warm days dur- ing the summer : ason. and‘ the hottest day of the year was June 16th when the thermometer rea- ched 85 degrees.

The total rainfall for the men s of June to October in- clusive was below average. and it was not until the month of November that we had reached our 48 year average. In Novem- ber 8.89 inches of rain fell. which was a record for e month.

The hours of sunshine were a- bove average r winter months, and below average for

Ment's Restaurant

2|? QUEEN ST. WILL BE SERVING Special Dinner on New Year's Day

featuring Roast Turkey or Goose. Baked Virginia Ham. Ftlet Mignon and Prime Roast Rib of Beef DINNER SERVED (1-2 AT NooN AND 5-! IN THE EVENING

- Charlottetown Fair

ADULTS 8l.7I — CHILDREN 81.00

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the remainder of the year with the exception of the month of

June.

The Frost Free period at 32 degrees was from May 22nd to October Nth. a period of I51 days. he Killing Frost period at 8 degrees was from May 17th to October 29th. a period of 165 days.

APICULTURE

Interesting results were obtain- ed in an experiment which was set up to study the role of bees in the pollination of cucumbers.

in this study the yields per acre of cucumbers. under differ- ent exposure to pollinators. were as follows: - Open pollination where plots were visited by a- piary bees as well as wild bees. 9.093 lbs. Bees caged on plots. 6.665 lbs. Bees excluded from plots by cages. no yield

These plots were known as close planted and the cucumbers were picked only one during the

n. Studies to determine the dos-

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CLOVER CREST New Design fat record for all breeds in the of fat. Clover Crest New Design P1118

is a polled hull and he has some very promising “get" In the Ex- perimental Farm herd.

age level of Fumidil B, which would control posema disease in package colonies. were continued There is some evidence that the recommended dosage is retarding brood developement.

In conjunction with four other Experimental Farms in Canada the Charlottetown Farm is test- ing Hybrid stock and are pres- ently testing two promising Hnes against commercial stocks ob-

five breeders in the

Studies were continued to de- termine what effect the removal of queens in package colonies had on honey production.

ANIMAL I-IUSBANDRY

An item of particular interest during the past year was the transfer of 10 head of Ayrshire: from the local Farm to the Cen- tral Experimental I-‘arm. Ottawa. One of the cows forwarded was oily, who’ has recently completed a senior

majority Prosperous New Year. than 1957. or at least as good. 'l'h.is basi ' pie comes. in the faith ln"the nation's vast re- serves of natural resources a- waiting devefopment or expan- sion.

women think we will see less pro- sperity in the New Year. than twtrthirds. however. think Canada's good times will remain or grow still better.

which showed troublesome as- pects ' half. the Gallup Poll went to the essential barometer in a nation's spending-—the people. to find out

New Year came in. Question put by

dwellers and farmers. old

ada is going to see a continued period of prosperity within next year. Others do not agree.

Qual

_ Here is the national viewpoint. ‘ More Prosperity ahead 30“! ‘ Less Prosperity 7.1 About the same 35

ified 2

No Opinion lo 00% Against this cross-couiitry av-

erage. optimism rises an

future.

Seminar Will Study Shift In

be the th for management" seminar which

Y9 T 5P0 ronto chapter Marketing Association.

"Consumer habits and the very,ident. Salads-Shiriff-Horsey Lid-. president of Imperial Oil Limited. A make-up of our population has‘Toronto: ' been steadily changing." says an’

changes are significant and still

ably keep pace with the modern

Expect

0!‘ PUBLIC OPINION Whatever the viewers - with-

in may be saying. the great of Canadians expect a better c optimism of the peo- maln. from

Less than one in four men and ‘More At the e Old Year in the economy in the last were in as the

what mood they

to and

scientific poor. city an

interviewers sample of rich

young. was this: "Some people think that Can-

the

What is your opinion? '

d falls in the various regions. Maritim- ers are most confident of the with 43 percent saying

Better Economic Conditions, Poll Shows

IY CANADIAN INSTITUTE “more prosperity."

fifth and one-quarter are depres-

Quebec the figure is 26 percent; in the West, 17 percent in ario 30 percent who think still better times are ahead. Through- out the provinces between one-

sed about the future.

Business leaders. owners. and professional people are in the high brackets of confidence for 1958 with more than a third I36 percentl expecting still more pro-‘ sperity. Farmers and Labor are less hopeful with about one in four expecting any improvement.

The three in it who expect‘ continued prosperity do so these main reasons:

Development of natural resources

Industrial expansion ahead

Everything is on the increase. booming

overnment will see to it

More immigrants coming in

No reason for a decline

Still plenty of work and employment

Other reasons for prosperity 28

Qualified hopes for prosperity 2

No particular reason 8

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111% isome gave more than one reason»

The smaller group who see less prosperity in the offing. do so in the main because of the unem- ployment situation. and increase in the cost of living tied to in- flation. On the other hand. those who think conditions will remain about the same. believe there is no evidence of any change in the national economy strong en- ough to affect the present gen- eral state of busiiiess.

Buying Habits

By FORBES RHUDE Canadian Press Business Editor Revolution in distribution will. eme of the "marketing:

1 be held in Toronto Jan. 3.

The seminar-—now in its fifth nsored by the T0- of the American

advance notice. , “Such things as shifting rural-i

urban and age-group populationiart. manager ratios. extended

shopping hours.‘ "sulrurbanization." drive-in shop-I

. and retailer - controlled brands shout at that thesel

moving.

EXAMINE CHANGES "Speakers will examine the

significance of the changes and w business today can profit-

consumer."

COMING EVENTS}

New Year's Eve Dance. For- tune Hall Tuesday night.

Dance in Cardigan C. Y. C. hall, Monday Dec. 30th. Shep- arda Orchestra.

Come to New Year's Eve dance in Bonshaw W. I. Hall, Dec. 31st. \

Annual Meeting of Rice Farmer Institute will school on Monday. Decem- ber 30th. at 8:00 o'clock.

See repeat performance of Dun- das Y. P. U. Concert in Annan- dale Hall on Monday Night. Dec- ember 30th. at 8:30.

Point eld in

Of Canadians

Speakers will include Harry Suffrin. director. research and organization. Ste-inberg's L t d..

'I'he Guantlinn Paﬂ 3 Monday. Dec. M. 1957

dtaekfu the officers at be of them faced the additional charge

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More Hungarian

weekly: theansnhnrofdays that‘ _ us, at on we-my; -no use Refugees Held ;.'jf°-'°°*" “"'"'“¢'“‘°"°‘ “mt” d ""1"" they "°' Names of those arrested were police officers arrived toil! C

QUEBEC (CPI _ Fm" more not immediately available. Oneof Hungarian refugees were ar- u,em_ . “,1. V," Chung with rested Friday in connection with inciting her companions to attack . “me, .¢ immj‘,-‘gm hug- the officers and three men were . . quarters Monday during which charged with resisting arrest and tention for minor . two police officers were beaten. at:t1ackin£ (tihe m some I officers in une D6110! hum}. . be inci ent gap as a scu e mun’, hm“ up an “mo. Following the incident threegbetween two iiungarwns and I $210‘

Hungarians were charged with|Gerrnan immigrant. When two

nghttheyweosattackadhothu lrnmigrada. One affleernndﬂ imnigrant reoulrwd hospital ‘-

other data include information on such matters as standard wee hours of work; vacations with pay. paid statutory holidays, pension and insurance and med- ical plans.

3. E. Goodrich Company has.‘ issued a 12 - page booklet of graphs and tables concerning "" rubber industry.

Among other things. it nous. that in 1956 Canadians consumed 12.7 pounds of new rubber per person. which made them the second largest per-person rubber consumers in the world. next to the United States at 19.1 pounds. Australia was third at 11.6 and the United Kingdom fourth at 10.2 the world average was 2.5. ;

Wood Gundy and Co. Ltd. has issued its annual edition of Cana- dian government and municipal i financial statistics — a summary ‘ of the financial statistics of Can- ada. the 10 provinces and I7 of the largest municipalities over; the last 10 ytars.

Dates of the annual convention‘ of the Prospectors and Develop- ers Association have been an« nounced for March 9 - 12 in To- ronto.

Meeting jointly with the pros-I pectors will be the Geological As- sociation of Canada and the Min- eralogical Association of Canada.

Montreal; Paul Dixon vice-pres- ident. marketing. Sea Breeze Manufacturing Ltd.. Toronto; Dr. Margaret C. Pirie. assistant pro-

lessor. department of anthropol-i

ogy, University of Toronto: ll.J arnum Jr.. executive vice-pres-

Dr. Edgar Gunther. director market research. Fortune mag- azine, New York: . media research, McCann. E r I c k s o It Inc.. New York; Irvin Penner, vice - pres- ident. A. J. Wood and Company marketing c o n s u I tants. Phila- delphia: and Dr. Manard Phelps. professor of marketing and research. school of business administration. U n i v a r s ity of Michigan.

The Canadian Retail Associa- tion has issued its annual “sur- vey of working conditions in the retail trn e.

New tables added this year

- oil industry. mainly in the refining

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J. A. cooau I I I. A. Cogan has been appointed a vice

director of Imperial since early in I956, Mr. Cogan has had more than a quarter century of experience in the

and long-range economic annsns ihlds. Before his election asadirector he was assistant general manager of the company's manufacturing department.

.. .And it’s time to turn over the

hour glass, ﬁlled with good wishes for another year.

We hope that 1953 will bring you a full

MONUMENTS

‘.‘ measure of happiness. Happy New Y“? ‘O 11"

COMMISSIONERS OF SEWERS AND WATER SUPPLY

H. R. Bevan. Chairman. E. E‘. Clowson w. L. MCKOIIIIC

Vere Beck & Son i MONTAGUE and CHARLOITLTOWN

Skilled Memorial Crafts-I men since 1870

' TO THE PEOPLE ‘ OF

2-year-old record of 50 lb. milk. 438 lb. fat. She was sired by Fairview Sovereign and is out of Charlottetown Sir Roderick Dorothy with a mature. 305 day record of 12.688 lb. milk. 567 lb. fat. Also included in the ship- ment were three daughters of the naturally polled ayrshire bull Clo- (Continued on page 9)

NEW YEAR'S EVE BALL I

At The ROLLAWAY CLUB 1 TUESDAY, DECEMBER 3Ist.

featuring HAROLD MscRAE'S ORCHESTRA

with Charlie Chamberlain. Duke Neils-on Guest Pianist from Moncion

Time: 9:30-1:30

Tax and Tables Included with Noielties

FOR RESERVATIONS

Reservations for Tables up till 6 o'clock Tuesday.

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Adm. $1.50 per person

PHONE 7142 or 8830

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PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND

NEW YEAR'S GREETINGS

Once again if is my privilege to extend sincere greetings to the people of our Island from your Government.

We were blessed this year with a most bountiful harvest from the land and the sea. Unfortunately, the markets for our products have not been as favourable as heretofore, but we must nevertheless look forward with the faith of a hard work- ing people that Divine Providence xwill bless our efforts in the coming year.

On behalf of your Government I wish one and all a

Happy and Prosperous New Year.

A. w. MATHESON, P .

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